Is Geechi Gotti Turning Heel?
Geechi Gotti's Riot league just had its Monopoly card, and the main event we were all waiting to see finally happened. Gotti, a gladiator known for a witty, disrespectful, and brash style rivaled only by Arsenal and few others was set to clash with Ward, the self proclaimed Christian battler with amazing freestyle ability and technical prowess.
The gas for Gotti was in on this one, as it should have been. As Ward pointed out Gotti definitely had the home field advantage. The crowd was ready to cheer for even the smallest things Gotti mentioned, and was hanging on Gotti's every word. In some ways this would come back to haunt him in the third.
A Ward made it a technical fight on his end early on with a deep Monopoly & No Studio N schemes, a Jay Blac shout out, and more.
With lines like "Found it very ironic you threw an event called Monopoly and you don't own no property." He mixed real life observations with multi syllabic rhyme schemes and punchlines.
Gotti's style uses 2 bar schemes rooted in street mythos, and also has some of the most disrespectful personals in the game.
A Ward put his rebuttal game to work, and broke into a quick freestyle as a chair suddenly fell during the event. Gotti, known for using non rhymed jabs in between bars referenced a chair failing later in the round to loud cheers from the crowd.
In the second round Gotti did a quick rebuttal back, showing he could take it there if need be. In order to compete against A Ward his status as a Christian artist is usually a hot topic, and we saw Gotti go for the advantage using it in lines like:
"Talking bout the lord, man I'll turn your brains into Shepards pie"
"Twin eagles, Noahs ark. Try to run spine shot, back bus, Rosa Parks"
A Ward seemed to cut his own round short. Gotti stumbled so if we're being technical he threw a round.
Despite this, it means going into the third it still felt like it could go either way, though I had it 2 - 0 Ward. Ward broke into a quickly rhymed scheme and finished strong.
As Gotti went into his third round two things began to happen. The first was Gotti, who prides himself on being extremely disrespectful found himself in a difficult situation. How do you disrespect someone who plays the moral high ground?
Aside from Ward's religious views, Gotti's main piece for the third began to focus on Ward's brother who had substance addiction issues. As Gotti began to target Ward's brother the sheer brutality of his words was what initially struck me.
As I watched, slowly the crowd began to react the same way. Was it Ward's reputation for being Christian? A climate waking up to the reality of substance abuse? Maybe.
As Gotti doubled down on the disrespect for Wards brother the crowd began to react in groans, with one woman saying "that's enough". For me it was seeing a gladiator attacking an opponent when their back is turned. For a punchline to be effective the crowd has to think it's cool to say, and the truth is, what is cool about dissing someone's brother who used to be an addict? I also noticed Gotti went so far on his anti God bars he had to stop and make it clear he loved God as well.
Ward looked affected. To me Gotti taking time to stop and clarify he loved God, was a sign even he felt he took it too far. From the sheer brutality of the performance I can see how fans feel Gotti took the third, but the question is, at what cost?
Up until now I saw Gotti as a brawler who could bully the bullies but still be the hero. For me Ward came away from this battle not only looking like a technically superior battler, not only looking like the one style Gotti hasn't mastered.
This writer feels Ward came away from this battle as a sign that the culture is finding its conscious. I think if Gotti can extend those 2 bar schemes to 4 bar schemes, and mix in more humor in his lines 2022 is going to be an even bigger year for him. We just we saw him run through pretty much everyone prior to this battle.
I also think if Gotti isn't careful he may start to become comfortable being the villian, and I'm not sure Gotti wants to go full heel just yet.
I scored it t 2 - 1 A Ward. A stumble is a stumble!
N.
The gas for Gotti was in on this one, as it should have been. As Ward pointed out Gotti definitely had the home field advantage. The crowd was ready to cheer for even the smallest things Gotti mentioned, and was hanging on Gotti's every word. In some ways this would come back to haunt him in the third.
A Ward made it a technical fight on his end early on with a deep Monopoly & No Studio N schemes, a Jay Blac shout out, and more.
With lines like "Found it very ironic you threw an event called Monopoly and you don't own no property." He mixed real life observations with multi syllabic rhyme schemes and punchlines.
Gotti's style uses 2 bar schemes rooted in street mythos, and also has some of the most disrespectful personals in the game.
A Ward put his rebuttal game to work, and broke into a quick freestyle as a chair suddenly fell during the event. Gotti, known for using non rhymed jabs in between bars referenced a chair failing later in the round to loud cheers from the crowd.
In the second round Gotti did a quick rebuttal back, showing he could take it there if need be. In order to compete against A Ward his status as a Christian artist is usually a hot topic, and we saw Gotti go for the advantage using it in lines like:
"Talking bout the lord, man I'll turn your brains into Shepards pie"
"Twin eagles, Noahs ark. Try to run spine shot, back bus, Rosa Parks"
A Ward seemed to cut his own round short. Gotti stumbled so if we're being technical he threw a round.
Despite this, it means going into the third it still felt like it could go either way, though I had it 2 - 0 Ward. Ward broke into a quickly rhymed scheme and finished strong.
As Gotti went into his third round two things began to happen. The first was Gotti, who prides himself on being extremely disrespectful found himself in a difficult situation. How do you disrespect someone who plays the moral high ground?
Aside from Ward's religious views, Gotti's main piece for the third began to focus on Ward's brother who had substance addiction issues. As Gotti began to target Ward's brother the sheer brutality of his words was what initially struck me.
As I watched, slowly the crowd began to react the same way. Was it Ward's reputation for being Christian? A climate waking up to the reality of substance abuse? Maybe.
As Gotti doubled down on the disrespect for Wards brother the crowd began to react in groans, with one woman saying "that's enough". For me it was seeing a gladiator attacking an opponent when their back is turned. For a punchline to be effective the crowd has to think it's cool to say, and the truth is, what is cool about dissing someone's brother who used to be an addict? I also noticed Gotti went so far on his anti God bars he had to stop and make it clear he loved God as well.
Ward looked affected. To me Gotti taking time to stop and clarify he loved God, was a sign even he felt he took it too far. From the sheer brutality of the performance I can see how fans feel Gotti took the third, but the question is, at what cost?
Up until now I saw Gotti as a brawler who could bully the bullies but still be the hero. For me Ward came away from this battle not only looking like a technically superior battler, not only looking like the one style Gotti hasn't mastered.
This writer feels Ward came away from this battle as a sign that the culture is finding its conscious. I think if Gotti can extend those 2 bar schemes to 4 bar schemes, and mix in more humor in his lines 2022 is going to be an even bigger year for him. We just we saw him run through pretty much everyone prior to this battle.
I also think if Gotti isn't careful he may start to become comfortable being the villian, and I'm not sure Gotti wants to go full heel just yet.
I scored it t 2 - 1 A Ward. A stumble is a stumble!
N.